Mississippi Professional Educators

What it reported doing in 2024

Mississippi professional educators (mpe) hosted 14 regional trainings throughout the state. Training topics included artificial intelligence (ai), classroom management strategies, effective conferencing, and social and emotional learning. Of the 246 educators who attended, 197 earned ceus and 23 earned semis. Mpe awarded more than $135,000 in grants and scholarships to our members: - nbct scholarships: mpe awarded $475 scholarships to six members pursuing national board certification. - classroom grants: mpe awarded 41 classroom grants totaling $39,398 to enhance classroom teachers' instructional offerings or educational experiences for their students. - administrator school grant program: mpe awarded 40 grants totaling $39,342 to administrators for projects that boost morale and celebrate their educators and staff. - first-year professional student loan contest: dandra hawkins, a first-year professional member at quitman county middle school, won this year's student loan payment contest. Mpe paid $3,000 of her student loans. - nbct maintenance of certification scholarships: mpe awarded $570 scholarships to 10 members pursuing maintenance of their national board certification. - graduate scholarships: mpe awarded $1,000 scholarships to 19 members pursuing graduate studies. - linda anglin teacher preparation scholarships: mpe honored 13 student members with a $500 scholarship for their teacher preparation studies. - high school senior scholarships: mpe awarded $500 scholarships to 40 high school seniors who have at least one parent who is a member of mpe. Mpe attorneys provided legal representation to five members and consultation to five members. Two mpe members have submitted criminal-related claims under our professional liability policy. Mpe's executive director has provided professional guidance over the phone to 201 members.mpe shared the latest education and legislative news via 47 "mpe news and "legislative update" emails. Our three issues of the mpe journal spotlighted the Mississippi artificial intelligence network (main), considerations for school choice, and our 2025 best practices symposium.mpe welcomed 1,590 new members who joined or reactivated their membership since july 1, 2024, and 12 members earned a free membership for 2025-26 for recruiting at least five new members since july 1, 2024. Mpe honored 26 members who retired after 20 or more years of membership in our association. Mpe made a $50 honorarium to a beneficiary of each retiree's choice. At the end of june, mpe will have been an exhibitor at 10 conferences and served as a sponsor or advertiser at eight other events.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: Limited
• Program expense ratio: Limited
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.64; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings